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F. ARMBRU'STER, Deod. C. F. METZGER, F. F. BRAILLARD & H. KocxExecutors.

METHOD OF MAKING TRAVELING BAGS 0R ANALOGOUS ARTICLES.

No. 371,405. Patented Oct. 11, 1887.

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P. ARMBRUSTE'R, De-cd.

C. F. METZGER F. F. BRAILLARD & H. Kocx Excutors. METHOD OF MAKINGTRAVELING BAGS OR ANALOGOUS ARTICLES.

No. 371,405; PatentedOot. 11, 1887.

gill/588E INVENTOH UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FREDERICK ARMBRUSTER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.; CHARLES FRED METZGER, FRANQOISF. BRAILLARD, AND HENRY KOOK, EXECUTORS OF FREDERICK ARMBRUSTER,DECEASED.

METHOD OF MAKING TRAVELING-BAGS 0R ANALOGOUS ARTICLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 371,405, dated October11, 1887.

Application filed November 19, 1885. Renewed March 23, 1887.

To all whom it may concern/.-

Be it known that I, FREDERICK ARMBRUs- TER, of New York, N. Y., haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in lWIethods ofManufacturing Traveling-Bags,of which the following is a specification.

Myinvention relates to an improved method of assembling the parts whichgo to make up a traveling-bag, and aims at a more economical process.than those heretofore employed, and also contemplates makinga muchstronger and durable article of merchandise. To these ends I constructmolds or forms, over which I press the sections of leather which go tomake up the bag, and produce at the sides of the portions so pressedflanges or rims upon which are stitched the contiguous piece or pieceswhich go to make up the bag.

Heretofore in the manufacture of a traveling-bag it has been customaryto stitch the pieces together on one side, and after the stitching tomoisten the bag so made and then reverse it or turn it inside out, thusbringingthe stitching or seams on the inside. This has invariablydamaged the bag both by the application of moisture at this stage of theprocess and also owing to the fact that the threads in the seams weretwisted, tortured, and in many cases broken. I also dispense with whatis known as the welding, which soon gives out and renders the articleshabby and unsightly. Myinvention dispenses with these drawbacks, aswill be hereinafter explained.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of thisspecification, Fig- 11 re 1 represents a perspective view of a portionof a bag (or what is known in the trade as a Gladstone) made after themanner of my invention. Fig. 2 is a view of a larger bag. Figs. 3 and 4are respectively perspective views of the round and square bags. Fig. 5is a detail view showing the flange and the method of stitching theparts together. Fig. 6 shows the mold in position in relation to theleather blank. Fig. 7 is a sectional view on the line 3 y, Fig. 6. Figs.8 and 9 are similar views representing the end of an ordinary round bagand the mold for forming it.

Referring to the drawings, A is a portion Serial No. 232,149. (Nomodel.)

or strip of leather having flanges or rims a stamped up from it. Thisstamping is done by means of the male and female forms B O, asrepresented in Figs. 6, 7, 8, and 9. The strip A may extend up bothsides and along the bottom and form one continuous piece, as shown inFig. 1. When the flanges have been stamped up, the top 11 and endpieces, b, are sewed on, as shown, from the outside.

In Figs. 2, 6, and 7 I have shown the end pieces as being stamped upwith the flanges. The round and square bags, Figs. 3 and 4, are made ina similar manner.

The whole object of my invention is therefore accomplished by stampingup certain parts of the bag by means of the male and female dies ormolds, and by stitching the parts together, as hereinbefore described,so that the seams will not have to be turned, and thereby tortured andbroken, and so that the stitching or thread will be seen from the outside.

Having thus described my invention,what I claim as new therein, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The method for manufacturing traveling-bags herein described, whichconsists in taking a piece, A, of leather equal to the size required forthe bottom and the sides thereof and pieces of leather equal to the sizerequired for the ends thereof, forming inturned flanges on the pieceswhich occupy the inner position, and finally stitching the edges of theoutside pieces to the inturned flanges, substantially as described andshown.

2. The method for manufacturing travel- 'ing-bags herein described,which consists in taking a piece, A, of leather equal to the sizerequired for the bottom,and also for the sides thereof, forming inturnedflanges a at the ends and at the edges, and two pieces of leather equalto the size required for the top, and also for the ends thereof, andfinally stitching the outside edges of the top and end pieces 5 to theflanges, substantially as described and shown.

FR. ARMBRUSTER.

Witnesses:

HERBERT KNIGHT, EUGENE EsTorrEY.

